the press‚ allowing media to cover the war as they saw it. Without censorship‚ appalling images enabled the public to see war‚ as they never had before. Many people believe that it was the media that sparked the lack of support for the war. The Tet Offensive‚ for example‚ would become one of the most controversial and climactic events in which the media played a role. Up to that point‚ the media had portrayed the U.S. as winning the war. When the North Vietnamese sprung an attack on the U.S. embassy
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The Battle for Hue was a month long battle that was part of the Tet-68 offensive and said to be a major turning point in the Vietnam War. The Battle for Hue‚ just like the beginning of the Tet-68 offensive took everyone by surprise for it occurred on Jan 31‚ 1968 during the beginning of the lunar new year one of Vietnamese’s most scared holidays. It was surprising because there was an official cease-fire that was called to celebrate Tet. The city of Hue was an ancient capital city and a gem of Indochina
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global powers‚ the USSR and China. U.S. citizens first thought that a “Ultra wealthy superpower would have few problems defeating a Third World nation.” By 1967‚ the U.S. had 500‚000 soldiers stationed in Vietnam‚ and the casualty number was 15‚058. In 1968‚ 562 U.S. soldiers were killed in just one week. With soldiers coming home from the war came along stories of massacres committed by American troops. The most infamous was the My Lai Massacre‚ where U.S. soldiers killed unarmed northern Vietnamese
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Explain why the United States left Vietnam A culmination of problems within Vietnam‚ domestically and internationally forced the United States to leave the nation. The key reasons for withdrawal were bulging economic costs‚ an increasingly impatient home front‚ an underestimation of North Vietnamese ideology‚ events which turned the war and ineffective strategies. The United States was left in an unpleasant situation. The French President‚ Charles de Gaulle‚ had warned the US against its Vietnam
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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? Answer with reference to the concept of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. The longest war in the history of the United States of America has taken place in Vietnam during the Cold War. “The US fear of a communist Europe led them to intervene in a war that was not seen in a vital importance or that would not be in the country`s interest to gain any advantage” (Bernstein 1987/8‚ p. 86). One of the main reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam was the lack of
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The assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy did a number on the people of the US‚ as they began making more riots and protests. Since the Tet Offensive didn’t do so hot with the public‚ Johnson decided to not run again‚ due to his credibility gap when it came to the foreign policies. However‚ this was a political gain towards Richard Nixon‚ as he reached out to the “silent majority”‚ that were
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and government of South Vietnam supported by the US • Viet Cong and North Vietnam • Lasted from mid 1950’s thru the mid 1970’s • The war ended in the complete communist takeover in 1975 US Involvement in Vietnam • In late January‚ 1968‚ during the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday‚ North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. • The
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For over 6 decades the French had colonial control of Indochina . In 1954‚ the French suffered a critical defeat at Dien Bien Phu‚ the French having no options had to pull out of Vietnam. At the Geneva Conference of 1954‚ an agreement was met called the Geneva Accords‚ it stated the French would draw all military forces out of Vietnam and temporarily divide Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which spilt the country into communist North Vietnam which was supported by Russia and China and non-communist
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up the survivors‚ allegedly leading them to nearby ditch where they were executed.” When the public was made aware of this occurrence‚ it “sparked a wave of international outrage and led to a special investigation into the matter.” On September 5th 1968 William Calley was charged with the deaths of 106 Vietnamese
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February 1968 during the Vietnam War shows the execution of Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem‚ also known as Bay Lop by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan‚ chief of the national police. The prisoner’s hands are tied as “Colonel” is about to pull the trigger. This picture was taken in the city of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive; a series of attacks on all of South Vietnam’s major cities by the communist North Vietnamese and Vietcong rebels. The offensive was carried out on Tet‚ the Vietnamese
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